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Weekend Report, October 22, 2012

Monday, October 22, 2012 - 10:28am | Brian Shoaf

The Paranormal phenomenon continues, with yet another P.A. film opening at #1 two weeks before Halloween. In spite of taking the top spot for the weekend, however, the revenue on Paranormal Activity 4 is way down from Paranormal Activity 3, suggesting either that people are no longer scared of security cam footage or audiences figure this will soon just be another Saw and have stopped caring. Meanwhile, Ben Affleck may not only have made an Oscar-caliber film in Argo, but he may have made the call-a-sitter date night flick of the season (at least until Skyfall comes along). Argo's strong second week has definitely ratified the film's very positive word of mouth. Hotel Transylvania and Taken 2 are both performing extremely well. The same cannot be said of the Tyler Perry crossover vehicle Alex Cross. This WME package matched Mr. Perry with the material of the hugely popular crime novelist James Patterson, and the trick may not have worked—Alex Cross underperformed against typical Perry fare, and will be hard pressed to rebound.